Cleaning device



D. H. MOORE.A

CLEANING DELVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1916.

1mm Mar. 3o, 1 920.

DELMER H. Moons, or GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

oLnANINGpnvIcE.

- Specification of Letters'Patent. lP.afge-1113611."Nlar, 30, 1.9720.

Application led September 21, 1916. Serial No. 121,376.

To all whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, DELMER H. MOORE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ofMontcalm and v State .of Michigan, have vinvent-ed new and usefulImprovements in Cleaning Devices, of lwhich the following is aspecification.

The present invention, relates to cleaning devices; and its object is toprovide a device of that character wherebythe surface to be cleaned maybe washed by brushing or rubbing while wet, water being directed toportions of such surface which lie outside the area to which the brushis being applied at the moment, and this in order that all the dirtparticles which may be dislodged by the brush may by the water thusdirected be rinsed and carried away; and vfurthe-r, to provide improvedmethods for constructing such cleaning devices, and means for detachablysecuring their parts together. rlhis object and any other objectshereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention findspreferable embodiment in, the

. illustrative structure hereinafter described and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a cleaning device;

Fig. Q. is a transverse section of the same taken on a planecorresponding to line 22 of Fig. 1; v

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the underside thereof; and,

Fig Ll is a transverse section of the same taken on a planecorresponding to line /1--4 of Fig. 1, but showing the brush bristlesreplaced by longitudinally extending strips, as of rubber, let into thebrush back.

ln the embodiment of the invention chosen for detailed Idescription inthe body of this specification and for illustration by the drawings, thebody 1 is of sheet metal and its edge portions downwardly and inwardlyand brought up to the under side of said body to provide a continuouswater pipe 6, the joints at said under side and at the corners beingmade water tight as by soldering. Water is supplied to this pipe througha suitable flexible tube 7 communicating with such pipe through theconnection 8 which may be provided with a cockI 9, and is dischargedfrom orifices 10 through the pipes wall, being thereby directed againstthe surface to be cleaned, and to such portions of said surface 9., 3,11, 5 are turned over as lieoutside the area to which the brush isapplied at the moment. Especially where the device 'is to be used incleaning walls, windows'and other vertical surfaces, the part ofthelpipe to which the water is'first admitted through the tube (beingthat part formed iby the turned over edge portion 2) need not beprovided withorices, because when the device is held upright on thepolek handle 11, water discharged from orifices in said part ofthe pipewould be of slight practical advantage and therefore Waste. The brush 12which may be of suitable brushing or rubbing material, as bristles 13shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, rubber strips 14C shown in Fig. 4 or thelike, is for ready replacement longitudinally slidable between retainingflanges 15 carried by and extending downwardly inwardly from thebrushholding' member 116 which is detachably secured to the middleportion of the body l and surrounded by the pipe, as by screw. bolts 17extending through said member and body. The end portions 3, 5 of therpe, from the under side of the body, afford means to prevent thesliding disengagement of the brush from the brush-holder in theassembled position of the parts; and yet the nuts 18 of the screw boltsbeing turned offl the parts may be readily disassembled and a worn brushreplaced by a new one.

, It will be seen that as the device is passed over the surface to becleaned, the water dischargedfrom the orifices in the portion 4; abovethe brush and from the portions 3, 5 at either side thereof, rinse andcarry away allthe dirt particles whichthe brush has dislodged; so that,the brush itself can not leave on the surface any dirt particlesextending downwardly las lthey 'do which may have clung to it. A'suitable hanl d dle 19 is carried by the body 1. The invention beingintended to be delined solely by the claims, is not to be limited toor'by details of construction shown or described. I claim:

1. In a device of the character described;

a body having a water pipe disposed on itsl bodys middle portion; andmeans for causing water to How through the'pipe and out of the orifices;

2. In a device of the character described; avbody having a water pipedisposed on its periphery, the pipe having orifices through its Wall; abrush; a brush-holding member having oppositely disposed downwardlyinwardly extending flan-ges adapted to slidingly receive and hold thebrush; means for detachafbly Securing said merniber ,to 'the bodysmiddle portion; means for holding the brush against lsliding movement onsaid member; `and means for causing water :to iow thloughthe pipe andout of the orifices.

- In a device ofthe characterdescribed; a .body having a continuousWater pipe -disposed aroundits periphery and on its under side, the pipehaving orifices through its wall; a brush; a brush-holding member havingoppositely disposed downwardly inwardly extending Hanges adaptedto slid'ingly receive and hold the brush; screw 'bolts for detachably securingsaidV memberV t0 the middle portion of the bodys under side; .and meansfor causing water to flow through the pipe and out of the orifices.

VIn testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 15th day of September, A. D. 1916. Y f v ADELMER H. MOORE. Witnesses: v v 1- H. M. GRosvENoR, CHAs. T. CAMDEN.

